Items with tag “students”

May 05, 2008, 1:04PM

Waldorf School teens paddle down the Willamette on their umiak's maiden voyage The students who launched their hand-built whaling boat Sunday morning could not have asked for better conditions: sun, a light breeze, and a friendly rivalry with local fishermen and a cruise ship. Seven students from the Portland Waldorf School hauled the 31-foot umiak into the Willamette River... Full story »

June 19, 2008, 4:48PM

BEAVERTON -- Sometimes Blanche Shaidaee passes an elementary school and has a mischievous thought. "I wish I could just run up to a little kid and steal his backpack," Shaidaee says. She's kidding about the theft, but serious about her love of smaller kids' backpacks. Those with cartoon characters, to be exact. The Southridge High School junior is one... Full story »

July 23, 2008, 2:00PM

September 17, 2008, 5:36PM

LAKE OSWEGO -- Kids call it the Pass Out Game or the Fainting Game. Or sometimes Blackout, Flatliner, Space Monkey or Suffocation Roulette. Whatever you call it, this risky try for a homemade high may have surfaced in Lake Oswego. On Tuesday morning, Lakeridge High School staff members found one boy passed out after his friend put him in a... Full story »

October 02, 2008, 9:08PM

October 04, 2008, 9:33PM

Oregon voters are being asked to decide how teachers should be paid -- for their experience and training, or by how they are graded at doing their job. Like nearly all of their peers nationwide, Oregon teachers are paid strictly according to their years of experience and their level of college education. Measure 60, by prolific ballot measure author... Full story »